Turn-shoe



M. L. DODGE.

TURN SHOE.

APPLICATION FILED l-ULY 21.1911.

' Patented N0v.18,1919.

Il l" STATES 'PATENT OFFICE.

MILTON L. DODGE, OF NEWBURYPORT, MASSACHUSETTS.

TURN-SHOE.

Patented Nov. 18, 1919.

Original application led .Tune 9, 1917, Serial No. 173,745. Divided and this application filed July 27, 1917. Serial No. 183,063.

To all whom t mag/100910611@ Be it known that I, MrUroN IJ. DODGE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Newburyport, in the county of Essex and State-of Massachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements in Turn-Shoes, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention has for its Vobject to providean improvement in turn shoes, and particularly in the counter stiffeners thereof, such vmay be used if `desired in carrying out the method described in my Letters Patent No. 1,258,201, dated March 5, 1918, of which this is a division.

According to my present invention, the shoe comprises a molded counter stiimiener formed of leather or other suitable material and having a relatively wide heelseat flange, the forward ends of which are lapped one over the other, and, if desired, connected together by a staple or other suitable fastener.

To prevent the presence of a 'lump or shoulder which would be formed in the interior'of the shoe by two thicknesses of material, even though the edges thereof are skived, the edges of the forward ends of the stiffener are out of alinement, one being somewhat in front of the other. The stiffener is fheld in place upon the sole by ltacks or other fasteners passed through the heelseat flange at points between the front and rear portions of the stilfener.

Referring to the accompanying drawings,-"

Figure 1 represents a top plan view of a lasted shoe, wrong side out, with a stiff molded counter-stiifener arranged upon and anchored to the heel-seat portion ofthe sole by fasteners located within the heel-seat area.

Fig. 2 represents a cross-section on a larger scale through the structure intersected by line 2-2 of Fig. 1, showing the tacks by which the counter-stiffener is fixed in the desired position relatively to the sole.

Fig. 3 represents a face view of a nailreceiving member that is used to provide a suitable bearing surface for the heel of the wearer, and that is long enough to stiffen the shank portion of the sole.

4 represents a longitudinal section through the heel portion of said shoe after the latter has been turned right side out, after the lining has been tucked into the .counter-stiffener, and after the nail-receiving member has been fastened 'to the sole.

Fig 5 represents a longitudinal section similar to Fig. e excepting that the shoe is represented in a finished condition, the vheelattaching nails being arranged to anchor-the rear `portion of the counter-stiffener.

Fig. 6 represents a cross-section through the heel portion of the finished shoe, showing other heel-attaching nails extending through the flange of the counter-stiffener to anchor 'the latter.

The same reference -characters indicate the same parts wherever they occur.

The sole and upper are indicated at 10 and 11 respectively. The forward portion and rear portion of the lining are indicated at 12 and 13 respectively, these vportions being defined one from another by vtransverse slits 1-1, 14, arranged in a line substantially coincidental with the forward ends of the counter-stiffener hereinafter described. The upper and the portion 12 of the lining are connected to the sole bythe usual inseam stitches 15, and, although the inseam extends around the heel portion of the shoe, the heel portion 1S of the 'lining is left free, asshown by Figs. 1 and 2, until after the shoe is turned.

After the shoe has been lasted and sewn as shown by Fig. 1, a stiff molded counterstiffener 16 is arranged rightside up on the heel-seat portion of the sole. In the present instance, the heel-seat flange 17 of the counter-stilfener is relatively wide, and the forward portions of said flange are lapped one over the other Vand connected directly to each other by a suitable fastener such as a staple 18. vThe ends yof the staple are preferably clenched. The fastener 18 maintains the width of the counter-stiffener, independently of any fasteners that may be driven to anchor the stiffener, and, if the correct width is determined when the fastener 18 is driven, the shoe will lit snugly against the shank portion of the foot instead of spreading at this point,

Since the forward ends of the flange 17 are lapped, their aggregate thickness might', cause an undesirable lump on the sole, notwithstanding the fact that the edges of the flange are skived, and, in order to graduate such thickness otherwise than by skiving, I arrange one of the front edges such as 19 ahead of the other such as 20.

7 hen the counter-stiffener has been arranged as shown by Fig. 1, it is anchored to the sole by driving one or more metallic fasteners such as tacks 21, 21. These tacks are driven from the inside of the counter through the flange 17 and sole 10, within the heel-seat area, and, if their shanks are long enough, their points will be turned back and clenched on the bottom of the sole by the metal plate with which the last is shod (see Fig. 2). The counter-stiiener is thus anchored substantially between its extreme front and extreme rear, prior to turning the shoe right side out, and, in consequence of locating the anchoring tacks 21 substantially midway between the ends of the stiffener, the latter is given a more secure initial anchorage than it would have if the first anchoring fasteners were driven in the front end as shown in my Patent No. 1,221,153. y

The function of the tacks 21 is to keep the counter-stiffener in the desired position until the latter is more securely anchored, as hereinafter explained, and, when said tacks have been driven, the last may be withdrawn from the shoe and the latter may be turned right side out. In the course of turning the shoe, the heel portion 13 of the lining will be carried over the upper edge of the counterstiifener and will be tucked into the latter so that its marginal portion will lie upon the flange 17, as shown by Figs. il, 5 and 6. A nail-receiving member 22 of suitable sheet material then may be arranged to lie partly on the inturned marginal portion of the lining within the counter-stiifener. A tack 23 then may be driven from the inside of the shoe through the member 22 and through the sole to fix the position of the member 22 so that the latter will remain in the desired position to receive the heel-attaching nails. It would be preferable to turn back and clench the point of the tack 23 as shown by Figs. l and 5.

The last may now be replaced in the shoe, and the position of the counter-stiffener will `be maintained by the tacks 21, while that of the member 22 will be maintained by tack 23, during the leveling operation and any other operation that may be performed prior to attaching the heel. If it is desired to use the member 22 to stiifen the shank portion of the shoe, the shank portion of the member may be attached to the sole by glue 24; and by a tack 25,. the latter being preferably too short to pass all the way through the sole. Nails 26, by which the heel 27 is attached, are arranged to pass through the heel-seat flange 17 of the counter-stiffener as shown by Figs. 5 and 6, thus anchoring the counter-stiffener more securely around the heel-seat of the shoe, and dispensing with the necessity of driving the usual heel-seat nails for that purpose alone. The utilization of the heel-attaching nails 26 for this additional purpose is made possible by making the flange 17 wide enough to insure anchorage. The points of the nails 26 are preferably driven through the member 22, and turned back and clenched. I have not attempted to represent the lifts of which the heel blank may be made, but the usual top lift is indicated.

Having thus explained the nature of my said invention and described a way of inaking and usino' the saine, although without attempting to set forth all of the forms in which it may be made or all of the modes of its use, what I claim is:

1. A turn slice comprising a counter-stiffener having a heel-seat flange, the forward portions of said fiange being laterally lapped one over the other and one of said forward portions projecting longitudinally beyond the other to graduate the thickness of flange stock.

2. A turn shoe comprising a molded counter-stifi'ener having a heel-seat flange, the forward portions of which are laterally lapped one over the other and the edges of said forward portions being in non-registering relation.

3. A turn shoe comprising, in combination with the sole, a counter stiffener having a heel seat flange, the forward portions of which are lapped one upon the other, and connected together by a fastener passed through said overlapped flange portions without penetrating the sole, and fasteners passed into the sole through the side portions of said base flange between thel front and rear ends thereof and securing said counter stiffener in position upon the sole.

4. A molded counterstiifener having a heelseat flange the forward portions of which are laterally lapped one upon the other, and the front edges of said forward portions being in non-registering relation.

In testimony whereof I have affixed my si gnature.

MILTON L. DODGE. 

